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Theo Tigno•
10/23/2006 11:43 am
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Monday, October 23th 2006 |
Ephesians 2:1-10
Brothers and sisters: You were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved), raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast. For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a return of true masculinity for Christian men in the way God has created.
I had a moment of selfishness this past weekend when I thought something God had to tell me no to in order that I may serve Him. It wasn't a moment I want to relive.
It's humbling to think of the last sentence. It makes me think of that word that nobody wants to hear: obedience. Obedience is something that dogs have to do, right? Not humans because we have free will as a gift from God.
As I contemplated the sentence more and more, it led me back through the reading today and I thought about how God has created us all in a special way with a special way that we have to spread the Gospel message. Sometimes we have to be told "no" by Him so that we can live life fully as He created our lives to be.
All praise and honor to Our Lord, Who calls us to be His. Take care and God Bless.
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